New York-based financial investor BlackRock Inc has acquired a stake of 5.04pc in Hungarian pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon, Richter said on the Budapest Stock Exchange website on Monday.
Richter’s biggest shareholder is the Hungarian National Asset Management Company (MNV) with a 25.12pc stake. The Bank of New York as deposit manager holds 6.99pc of the company.
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